Are you looking for financial support for a tree planting initiative? With environmental concerns ever increasing, and the Government’s 2024 goal of establishing 30,000 new hectares of woodland per year underway, it is worth knowing what tree planting grants are available.
Below is a rundown of currently available grants for tree planting schemes in the UK. One of these is our very own Trees 4 Woods scheme. We can also help administer applications for the England Woodland Creation Offer and the Woodland Creation Planning Grant, so if either of these grants are of interest, please get in touch to find out more.
Trees 4 Woods
Our Trees 4 Woods scheme is for sites of any size planting a minimum of 500 trees. Sites must be within Dartmoor National Park or the Districts of West Devon, South Hams and Teignbridge. Priority is given to sites adjoining existing broadleaved woodland in order to create extended wildlife ‘corridors’. Please get in touch to find out more.
Minimum area: n/a (sites smaller than 1 ha considered)
Available: All year
Find out more: https://moortrees.org/our-work/woodland-creation/
Grants We Can Assist With
England Woodland Creation Offer
Covering the cost of tree planting for landowners and farmers to create woodlands. This grant includes a number of optional additional contributions for nature recovery, including water quality, flood risk reduction, and more. Moor Trees can assist you in the application process and may be able to save you up to 75% of the cost of trees and tree planting materials such as planting stakes, tubes, and spirals.
Funding: Capped at £8,500 per ha
Minimum area: 1 ha
Available: All year
Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/england-woodland-creation-offer
Woodland Creation Planning Grant
Stage one – applicants apply for £1,000 to complete a checklist. Stage two – payments offered at £150 per hectare to produce a design plan.
Funding: Capped at £30,000 per project
Minimum area: 5 ha
Available: All year
Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/woodland-creation-planning-grant
Other Grants
MOREwoods
For farmers and landowners wanting to plant up to 500 trees. This is also an ideal grant for people with ‘smaller’ patches of land or community projects. Moor Trees can assist you in the application process and may be able to get the cost down to just 25%. Get in touch to find out more.
Funding: Up to 75% of costs
Minimum area: 0.5 ha
Available: All year
Find out more: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/trees-for-landowners-and-farmers/morewoods/
HS2 Woodland Fund
Supporting the creation of native woodlands or the restoration of ancient woodlands up to 25 miles away from phase one of the HS2 route.
Funding: Capped at £8,000 for native woodland creation, £4,500 for ancient woodland restoration
Minimum area: 1 ha if connecting and expanding existing woodland, 5 ha if standalone
Available: First come, first served
Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hs2-woodland-fund
Branching Out Fund
Plant trees, hedges and orchards in your community. This grant supports schools, community groups and Tree Warden Networks to plant trees, hedges and orchards.
Funding: £300 - £1,500
Minimum area: n/a
Available: Now open
Find out more: https://treecouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/planting-and-care/our-grants/
Trees for Cities Scheme
Support for organisations with small-to-medium-size planting schemes. Particularly for sites in London.
Minimum area: 0.5-0.7 ha
Available: Now open
Find out more: https://www.treesforcities.org/are-you-looking-for-financial-support-for-tree-planting-this-year
International Tree Foundation
Supporting grassroots community engagement in tree planting – more than 70 small-scale projects supported over the last 20 years, from community orchards to native woodland planting.
Funding: up to £6,000
Available: Now open
Find out more: https://www.internationaltreefoundation.org/uk-community-tree-planting/
Local Authority Treescapes Fund
Increasing tree planting and natural regeneration in non-woodland areas.
Funding: £50,000 to £300,000 for local authorities
Available: Now open
Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-authority-treescapes-fund
We will keep this page updated as more tree planting grants become available.
